VideoRoast is a fast, no-fuss video converter for macOS and Windows - drop in a batch of clips, pick a format, and roast them all in one click with hardware acceleration.
Everything runs locally on the bundled FFmpeg engine: stage your files in Convert, tune format and quality per file or for the whole batch, then watch them finish in the Queue with live progress. No uploads, no accounts, no waiting on a server.
Highlights
- 8 output formats - MP4, MKV, MOV, AVI, WebM, GIF, MP3, and WAV, each with sensible codec presets fixed per container.
- Batch convert - load many files at once, apply settings to all of them or just one, and roast the whole batch with a single button.
- Hardware acceleration - GPU encoding via VideoToolbox (macOS) or NVENC / Quick Sync, with a software fallback. Convert several files at once with the concurrent-jobs setting.
- Quality & compression control - a CRF quality slider (or target bitrate), resolution presets down to 480p, and frame-rate options. Smart defaults keep the output smaller than the source.
- Filmstrip trim - drag in/out handles on a visual timeline to convert just the part you need; trim is remembered per file.
- ffprobe info - see codec, resolution, frame rate, duration, and size for each source file before you convert.
- Editable presets - save your own recipes (format, codec, resolution, quality) and load them onto a whole batch in one tap; built-ins for Web 1080p, Small share, Archive, Podcast audio, and Chat GIF.
- Live queue - a "Roasting now" banner with real-time progress and speed, per-job cancel, cancel-all, and clear-done.
- Output control - drop files anywhere to add them, pick an output folder, name files with
{name}/{format}templates, choose rename / overwrite / skip when a file already exists, and reveal finished files in Finder / Explorer. - Light & dark - a warm café-roast theme in both light and dark, toggled from the sidebar.
How it works
Open VideoRoast and drop one or more videos onto the window. The active file shows its ffprobe details; pick a target format and adjust codec, quality, resolution, and trim - for that file or for the whole batch. Choose an output folder if you like, then hit Roast all.
The Queue takes over as a live monitor: jobs run on the bundled FFmpeg engine (one at a time, or several in parallel via the concurrent-jobs setting), each with its own progress and a cancel button. When the batch finishes, VideoRoast can reveal the output folder automatically. Your preferences - output folder, theme, presets - persist between sessions.
Perfect for
- Creators & editors - shrink 4K exports to share-ready MP4s, or hand ProRes/MOV back to the editor.
- Social & messaging - squeeze clips under upload limits with WebM/VP9 or make a quick looping GIF.
- Podcasters - strip video to clean MP3 or lossless WAV for the feed.
- Anyone with a folder of mixed videos - batch-normalize a pile of clips to one format and resolution in a single roast.
